Why the hell is Northern Iowa on Iowa's schedule
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OakRaiders
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Who cares haha. It will be an exciting game. They play tough and its in state. At least fans are getting bang for their buck with this one. There are some snoozers on this list this year.
OUTofTOWNHAWK
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I agree. Iowa struggles against this kind of competition.
GrandpaHawk
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UNI gets a pretty good pay day which helps them with there sports budget.
eveningnewsteam
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There is none. Thank god Delaney stepped in and banned Big 10 teams from playing FCS schools after this season
HawkeyeMike23
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To prove we're the best team in the state, we need to play our main competition.
Well there have been a few close calls but to date Iowa still hasn't lost to Northern Iowa in football.
If you're going to pay a team to come in and lose, might as well be a team from your own state who could use the money.
except he really didn't. Or haven't you noticed that UNI is still on Iowa's schedule in the upcoming years or that Illinois State is on the schedule next year and North Dakota St the year after that
OakRaiders
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I really don't see the issue here. Can someone tell me why playing UNI is bad? I don't see playing the panthers being any detrement to allowing this team to achieve what they are going to achieve.
Because we need canon fodder before the real season starts? Why not schedule a patsy? If we are any good it shouldn't matter. If we lose then it is a good indicator of problems. Thats Why!
Is this a copy and padte from last year? Change a name but predictable voice.
It's a pay day for UNI obviously but it's also more then just a scrimmage. They are a top 10 FCS school yr in yr out. They beat ISU last yr did they not? They have a stud of a RB coming back I believe and they like to go deep in the passing game. If Iowa blows them out it would be a great sign. But if it's a ball game 2 score game or less it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Iowa will have to break a sweat and have to earn it. UNI doesn't usually beat themselves or give you anything.
What you did there, I see it.
SpecialKHawk
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Delaney and the B1G have agreed to no longer schedule FCS teams. The plan will take at least several years to go fully in effect for all schools, possibly after 2016 as football non-con schedules are filled out several years in advance in most cases.
The teams and games you are referencing are grand-fathered in but after they run their course it will be no more.
LawVHawk
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Don't like most of your poasts, mike, but I like this one.
LawVHawk
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With Kirk's conservative approach and Gerg Davis' horizontal passing attack, this will not be more than a two-score difference one way or the other.
HawkeyeMHA
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Because we couldn't get Maine
